Orchestral & Symphonic

Sabine Devieilhe and Alexandre Tharaud bring their customary clarity, finesse and insight to the works of four composers who defined the path of French art song or m?lodie from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. In an imaginatively balanced recital,...

Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva (b. 1985) graduated with the distinction from Moscow State Conservatory in 2012. A winner of ten international piano competitions, and an increasingly seasoned and well-traveled concert artist, her small but growing and...

Russian Nationalist Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov was strongly influenced by Mily Balakirev, leader of the 'Mighty Handful' of composers, to whom he dedicated his Glinka Prize-winning Piano Concerto No. 1. Lyapunov' Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No...

Russian composer Korndorf (1947-2001) was a larger-than-life character and wrote music that was similarly expansive and urgent. His 3 works for solo cello illustrate his unwillingness to be governed by convention.1. I. - Alexander Ivashkin/Russian...

Rumon Gamba leads the BBC Philharmonic in this collection of lesser-known pieces by the British composer Sir Malcolm Arnold. Born in 1921, he was inspired by Louis Armstrong to take up the trumpet at the age of twelve. Following study at the Royal...

Rudolf Serkin -"The Rudolf Serkin Edition" Verve Label Group; Deutsche Grammophon; Rudolf Serkin's relationship with Deutsche Grammophon came late in his career but yielded three major recording projects - 15 Mozart piano concertos with Claudio Abbado,...

Rudolf Kempe's recordings of Richard Strauss have long been prized for their unparalleled clarity and subtlety in music that has come to define the late-romantic temperament and it's expression of highly strung emotions. Strauss loves the complex...

Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) was born near Dresden and in 1930 joined the celebrated Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra as first oboe. After his debut as a conductor in 1935, he joined the German army in 1942 but was 'retired' the same year and went back to...

Rudolf Buchbinder - "Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas - Live From Salzburg Festival" Few musicians have engaged with Beethoven's music as intensively and over such a long period as legendary Austrian maestro Rudolf Buchbinder. He has performed the 32...

Roy Harris made an indelible mark on American orchestral music, enlivening Old World symphonic traditions with New World individualism.1. I. Awakening 2. II. Conflict 3. III. Dedication 4. IV. Affirmation 5. I. ? 6. II. ? 7. III. ? 8. Acceleration

Roussel' two most successful works, the ballet Bacchus et Ariane and Symphony No. 3 demonstrate his mature, neo-classical idiom. The Third Symphony, one of a number of workscommissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for it's fiftieth anniversary...

Rousing songs from the age of sail. The armchair sailor will find plenty to fire the imagination in this cheerful collection of songs from the sea. Sea shanties were often sung to help with the repetitive and back-breaking tasks needed to sail a big ship...